Employee Survey

Employee Survey

What Makes a Good Employee Engagement Survey Question?

What makes a good employee engagement survey question? We explain why effective surveys should assess both the characteristics of engaged employees and the conditions that typically influence engagement.

25 August - 3 Minute Read

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How Long Should an Employee Engagement Survey Be?

How long should an employee engagement survey be? We explain how many questions to include, why 10–15 minutes is a useful target, and how to balance survey length with meaningful insight.

18 August - 3 Minute Read

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Employee Engagement Survey Benchmarks: How Should You Compare Your Results?

Employee engagement survey results become far more useful when you have something meaningful to compare them against. A score of 4.1 out of 5 may look positive, but is it good for your organisation? Has it improved since last year? Are some parts of the organisation performing substantially better than others? And how do your results compare with other organisations? In this guide, we look at the different ways organisations can benchmark employee engagement survey results, when external benchmarks are useful, and why the way your survey provider calculates and reports scores matters.

14 August - 3 Minute Read

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Employee Engagement- Is There An App For That?

Yes, there are apps that attempt to measure employee engagement in real time, like the survey tablets you see in pubic toilets or at airport security, however, employee engagement is not usually something that needs — or benefits from — being monitored in real time. The more important question is not “Can we measure employee engagement continuously?” It is “What would we do differently if we did?”

14 August - 3 Minute Read

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Employee Engagement Survey Providers for SMEs

If your organisation has between 20 and 1,000 employees, you probably need something different—a provider that combines powerful survey technology with practical consultancy and hands-on project management. This guide explains what SMEs should look for when choosing an employee engagement survey provider and how to select a partner that delivers meaningful business value.

10 August - 3 Minute Read

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How To Switch Employee Survey Providers

Whether you're dissatisfied with your current supplier, looking for more consultancy support or simply reviewing the market, this guide explains how to switch employee survey providers while preserving continuity and maximising future value.

6 August - 3 Minute Read

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Employee Survey Reporting: What Should You Expect?

A good employee survey report should do more than present survey results. It should explain what the data means, identify the factors that have the greatest impact on engagement, highlight priorities for improvement and provide different levels of reporting for executives, managers and HR teams. Effective reporting combines clear dashboards, visualisations, driver analysis and practical recommendations to support informed decision-making.

31 July - 3 Minute Read

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How to Choose an Employee Survey Provider: A Buyer’s Guide for HR Leaders

Planning an employee survey? Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you'll make. A well-designed employee survey can provide valuable insight into engagement, culture and organisational performance. However, the quality of those insights depends not only on the questions you ask but also on the expertise of the provider supporting the process.

27 July - 3 Minute Read

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How Much Do Employee Engagement Survey Providers Cost in the UK?

Wondering how much an employee engagement survey costs? Discover typical UK pricing, what influences costs and how to choose the right provider for your organisation.

22 July - 3 Minute Read

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How Often Should you Run an Employee Engagement Survey?

One of the most common questions organisations ask is how often they should survey their employees. Run surveys too infrequently and opportunities to improve engagement may be missed. Run them too often and employees can begin to feel overwhelmed, leading to lower participation and survey fatigue. Finding the right balance is about giving organisations enough information to make informed decisions while allowing time for meaningful action between surveys.

30 June - 3 Minute Read

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Employee Survey Platform vs Outsourced Survey

Organisations planning an employee survey often face an early decision: should they use a survey platform internally, or work with an external provider such as Protostar to manage the process? Both approaches can work well in the right context. The important question is usually not which option is “better” in general, but which is more likely to produce meaningful participation, trustworthy feedback, and useful action within your organisation. This distinction matters because employee surveys are rarely just about collecting data. They are also about trust, communication, leadership credibility, and what happens after the results are shared.

12 May - 3 Minute Read

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What are the biggest mistakes organisations make with employee surveys?

Employee surveys are widely used but often don't achieve much beyond raising expectations that the survey will lead to improvement.  In most cases, the issue isn’t the idea of surveying employees. It’s how the process is designed and handled.

14 April - 3 Minute Read

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What Response Rate Is Good for an Employee Survey?

One of the most common questions organisations ask before launching an employee survey is: What response rate is good enough? It is a sensible question, but it does not have a single universal answer. A response rate matters because it affects how confident you can be that the results genuinely reflect employee views, rather than just the views of a limited group who chose to respond. In practice, the right answer depends on what level of reporting you want to rely on. A response rate that is strong enough for organisation-wide reporting may not be strong enough for meaningful analysis at the department or team level.

26 March - 3 Minute Read

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What Should You Do After an Employee Engagement Survey?

Running an employee engagement survey is often a significant piece of work for an organisation. But the real value of the process begins after the results are received. Employees notice very quickly whether their feedback leads to meaningful discussion and action. If survey results disappear into a report that few people see, confidence in future surveys can quickly decline. The most effective organisations treat the survey as the start of a listening and improvement process, rather than the end of a measurement exercise.

20 March - 3 Minute Read

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Should Employee Surveys Be Anonymous?

In practice, anonymity is an essential part of creating a survey process that employees trust. Without that confidence, the feedback organisations receive is often cautious, incomplete, or overly positive. Response rates typically plummet if there is even a hint that anonymity is not guaranteed. This is one of the main advantages of using an employee survey provider like Protostar.

12 March - 3 Minute Read